| Long Tube Lousewort |
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| Original date | 9/7/14 4:17 PM |
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| Focal length | 24.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
| Focus Distance | 0.26m |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Pedicularis longiflora var. tubiformis Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Long Tube Lousewort is a lousewort distinguished by
its cluster of golden-yellow flowers at the top, often with dark brown
or red markings, with very long slender flower-tubes, mostly 2-4 cm,
sometimes more. Upper lip is curved into long beaks, lower lips much
broader, shallowly 3-lobed. Flower-tube is hairy below, sepal cup about
1 cm, with 2-3 leafy toothed lobes. Leaves are oblong blunt in outline,
3-5 cm long, with many oblong toothed lobes 2-4 cm. Bracts are similar.
Stems are often several, erect or spreading, 5-10 cm long. Long Tube
Lousewort is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to SW China, at
altitudes of 2700-4800 m. It is common in Tibetan borderlands.
Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Sneha Dharwadkar | Photographed in Stok village, Ladakh & Tawang distt., Arunachal Pradesh. |
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